Talambuhay ni manuel bernabe biography

MANUEL H. BERNABE

(1890-1960)

A poet, linguist, and politician, Manuel Bernabe was born on February 17, 1890 to Timoteo Bernabe and Emilia Hernandez of Paranaque, Rizal.

He studied at the Ateneo de Manila where he finished his

Bachelor of Arts degree with high academic standing. In 1910, Manuel's first paem was published in the Renacimiento Filipino. In 1912, he translated Virgil's Aenid from Latin to Spanish. In 1913, he received an award for his poems The Hymn to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, El Zapote, and España en Filipinas.

In 1912, he joined the staff of La Democracia and in 1918, of La Vanguardia of the Roces Publications. He was a columnist but from time to time he also published poems and short stories.

Manuel also excelled in the balagtasan, where his stalwart adversary was Jesus Balmori.His other works were: Cantos del Tropico (1929) which contained the Spanish translations of Rubaiy